Ransom!

About Ransom!

A wealthy business man stuns his wife and town with a televised response to his son's kidnappers.

Ransom! is a 1956 crime thriller film directed by Alex Segal. Glenn Ford takes the lead as David G. 'Dave' Stannard, Donna Reed as Edith Stannard, Leslie Nielsen as Charlie Telfer, and Juano Hernández as Jesse Chapman aka Uncle Jesse.

At 109 minutes long, it arrived in January 1956. Written by Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum.

Shelv files it under child kidnapping, ransom, phone call, and child abduction. It streams on TBS in the United States.

Hail, Caesar!, The Runner, and Prisoners make useful companions to Ransom!, all filed under 1950s and kidnapping.